returning
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- tending to return to an earlier stateSynonyms: reverting
- tending to be turned backSynonyms: returning(a)reversive
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned; p. pr. & vb. n. Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1.To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
On their embattled ranks the waves return.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.— Gen. iii. 19.[1913 Webster]
2.To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again. [1913 Webster]
With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet approach of even or morn.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
3.To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. [1913 Webster]
He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
4.To revert; to pass back into possession. [1913 Webster]
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.— 1Kings xii. 26.[1913 Webster]
5.To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to return to my story." --Fielding. [1913 Webster]